In the third part of this week, we will discuss a concept known as social presence, which we can define simply as the feeling of being with another person online. Why this occurs, and how, and why it is important for social media will be discussed as well. Join the conversations at www.wvucommmooc.org!
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1. Part 3Social PresenceLOVE AT FIRST LIKE
2. QUESTIONS TO CONSIDER Can we feel close to people through
technology? As close as face-to-face? Closer?
3. TECHNOLOGY ANDINTERACTION Not new But increased We want
things to be like FtF Right?
4. A READING BREAK http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/
12/16/japan.virtual.wedding/index.html?iref =allsearch
5. A READING BREAK Huh? This is something Id love to see
discussion about
6. MEDIA EQUATION
7. MEDIA EQUATION Media = real life (Reeves and Nass, 1996)
Stone age brains, space age tech If it looks like a duck
8. WHAT IS SOCIAL PRESENCE? Presence Illusion of Non-Mediation
(Lombard & Dittion, 1997)
9. WHAT IS SOCIAL PRESENCE?
10. WHAT IS SOCIAL PRESENCE? Biocca, Harms, & Burgoon
(2003) a sense of being with another (p. 460) How well did one
person feel connected to another through an interface? (p.
464)
11. WHAT IS SOCIAL PRESENCE?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNw4o icWmWU
12. FEELING SOCIAL PRESENCE What leads to feeling social
presence? Do we need face-to-face/nonverbals?
13. FEELING SOCIAL PRESENCE What leads to feeling social
presence? Do we need face-to-face/nonverbals? Research on channels
has been inconclusive
14. FEELING SOCIAL PRESENCE What do we need? Transparency of
technology? A sense of telepresence is felt by media users when the
technology becomes transparent in the interaction (Bracken, Pettey,
Guha, & Rubenking, 2010, p. 126)
15. FEELING SOCIAL PRESENCE What do we need? Interaction?
Skills?
16. BEYOND BEING THERE Hollan & Stornatta (1992) Is FtF the
gold standard? Crutches vs. shoes Instead of focusing on what media
lack, why not focus on what they provide?
17. SP AND RELATIONSHIPS What does this all mean for social
media and relationships?
18. MORE LINKS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Media_Equat ion
http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue2/lombard.h tml Ispr.info
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OaDNhp WDmyg